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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1999  > September  >
In the Laboratory
Are Fluorescence Quantum Yields So Tricky to Measure? A Demonstration Using Familiar Stationery Products
Suzanne Fery-Forgues* and Dominique Lavabre
Université Paul Sabatier, Laboratoire des Interactions Moléculaires , Réactivité Chimique et Photochimique, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse cedex, France
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September 1999
Vol. 76 No. 9
p. 1260
Abstract
Fluorescence quantum yields are used to quantify the efficiency of the emission process. In spite of the importance of these data, experimental directions for their acquisition are rarely given. A general procedure for determining the relative fluorescence quantum yield of solutions is described here, drawing attention to the many pitfalls that students may encounter. Starting materials are common yellow and pink highlighter pens.
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*  Citation
 Fery-Forgues, Suzanne; Lavabre, Dominique. J. Chem. Educ. 1999 76 1260.
*  Keywords
 Organic Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Analytical Chemistry; Fluorescence Spectrometry; Laboratory Instruction
*  History
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Last Updated:		 July 30, 1999
June 23, 2005
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